General Discussion

[LarasAider]

"A Jumble sale gone wrong" is how I describe the new look. I will be avoiding this, since I can't be bothered to learn ICT all over again.

[James91]

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LarasAider wrote:

"A Jumble sale gone wrong" is how I describe the new look. I will be avoiding this, since I can't be bothered to learn ICT all over again.

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And that exemplifies Microsoft's biggest problem, peoples laziness and fear of change. I'd guarantee most people giving Windows 8 a hard time have never used it for any decent amount of time if at all.

[shanethegooner]

I'll definitely be switching once the RC is out.

I love giving new software a go.

[James91]

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shanethegooner wrote:

I'll definitely be switching once the RC is out.

I love giving new software a go.

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That's essentially what this is by another name. Only one left to come is the RTM in August.

[Pin-Pin-Ire]

I usually wait a year before I switch to the new release. It should give them enough time to iron out the bugs(Shame it never worked with Vista )

[dannyjt]

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James91 wrote:

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LarasAider wrote:

"A Jumble sale gone wrong" is how I describe the new look. I will be avoiding this, since I can't be bothered to learn ICT all over again.

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And that exemplifies Microsoft's biggest problem, peoples laziness and fear of change. I'd guarantee most people giving Windows 8 a hard time have never used it for any decent amount of time if at all.

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I'll save them the effort -

Metro sucks big time, stick with Windows 7 until Microsoft finally let you disable all the Metro features when using a Desktop.

[jones6777]

So is there any point in me upgrading from the consumer preview?

[James91]

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jones6777 wrote:

So is there any point in me upgrading from the consumer preview?

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Yeah for more apps, stability, Flash in IE10 and some other stuff.

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dannyjt wrote:

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James91 wrote:

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LarasAider wrote:

"A Jumble sale gone wrong" is how I describe the new look. I will be avoiding this, since I can't be bothered to learn ICT all over again.

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And that exemplifies Microsoft's biggest problem, peoples laziness and fear of change. I'd guarantee most people giving Windows 8 a hard time have never used it for any decent amount of time if at all.

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I'll save them the effort -

Metro sucks big time, stick with Windows 7 until Microsoft finally let you disable all the Metro features when using a Desktop.

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Which will never happen. What is it you don't like about Metro?

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Pin-Pin-Ire wrote:

I usually wait a year before I switch to the new release. It should give them enough time to iron out the bugs(Shame it never worked with Vista )

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Vista was fine after the first service pack.

[dannyjt]

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James91 wrote:

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dannyjt wrote:

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James91 wrote:

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LarasAider wrote:

"A Jumble sale gone wrong" is how I describe the new look. I will be avoiding this, since I can't be bothered to learn ICT all over again.

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And that exemplifies Microsoft's biggest problem, peoples laziness and fear of change. I'd guarantee most people giving Windows 8 a hard time have never used it for any decent amount of time if at all.

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I'll save them the effort -

Metro sucks big time, stick with Windows 7 until Microsoft finally let you disable all the Metro features when using a Desktop.

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Which will never happen. What is it you don't like about Metro?

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It's useless when being used on normal desktops.

[James91]

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dannyjt wrote:

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James91 wrote:

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dannyjt wrote:

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James91 wrote:

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LarasAider wrote:

"A Jumble sale gone wrong" is how I describe the new look. I will be avoiding this, since I can't be bothered to learn ICT all over again.

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And that exemplifies Microsoft's biggest problem, peoples laziness and fear of change. I'd guarantee most people giving Windows 8 a hard time have never used it for any decent amount of time if at all.

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I'll save them the effort -

Metro sucks big time, stick with Windows 7 until Microsoft finally let you disable all the Metro features when using a Desktop.

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Which will never happen. What is it you don't like about Metro?

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It's useless when being used on normal desktops.

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Have you used it for any considerable length of time? I'm talking at least a week or so.